What is CVE-2015-5212?

CVE-2015-5212 is a vulnerability in Apache Openoffice, classified under Integer Underflow. Published 2015-11-10.

Is CVE-2015-5212 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Integer overflow in Apache Openoffice

CVE-2015-5212

Integer underflow in LibreOffice before 4.4.5 and Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.2, when the configuration setting "Load printer settings with the document" is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted PrinterSetup data in an ODF document.

Published 2015-11-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.087 (95.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.087 · newest: 0.087 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Openoffice
Libreoffice
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.04
Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-191 — Integer Underflow

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1034085 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2015-5212/ (Vendor Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-03 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1034091 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html (Third Party Advisory)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2619.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2793-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/77486 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2015-5212.html (Vendor Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-05 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5212?: CVE-2015-5212 is a vulnerability in Apache Openoffice, classified under Integer Underflow. Published 2015-11-10.
Is CVE-2015-5212 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.